shove

 
Pronunciation: /ʃʌv/

verb

[with object]
  • push (someone or something) roughly: police started pushing and shoving people down the street [no object]: kids pushed, kicked, and shoved
  • [no object, with adverbial of direction] make one’s way by pushing someone or something: Woolley shoved past him
  • [with object and adverbial of place] put (something) somewhere carelessly or roughly: she shoved the books into her briefcase
  • (shove it) informal used to express angry dismissal of something: I told the selectors to shove it

noun

  • a strong push: she gave him a hefty shove and he nearly fell

Phrasal Verbs

shove off

  • 1 [usually in imperative] informal go away: shove off—you’re bothering the customers
  • 2push away from the shore in a boat: we shoved off into the sound toward the island

shove up

British informal move oneself to make room for someone.

Origin:

Old English scūfan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schuiven and German schieben, also to shuffle